Charles-Valentin Alkan: Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot
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- Опубліковано 10 сер 2017
- I asked eight of my friends to put this piece together with me for a concert, and it was an absolute blast!! Published in 1859, "Marcia funèbre, sulla morte d'un Pappagallo" is Alkan's most bizarre, and also his most humorous composition. It depicts over-dramatic despair of someone discovering that their beloved parrot "Jaco" has died.
Soprano: Emily Yocum Black
Alto: Jill Felkins
Tenor: Dylon Crain
Bass: Kyle King
Oboe 1: Scott Sams
Oboe 2: Mitchell Rollins
Oboe 3: Doug Harville
Bassoon: Christopher Reid
Conductor: Ethan James McCollum
Video and audio recording: Nathaniel Mo
Really a great job my friend! It sounds so beautiful and... funny! :)
Vincenzo Maltempo Thank you very much!!
There's nothing quite as great as getting a good Alkan review from Vincenzo Maltempo. What a great and generous thing to do Vincenzo, one of two or three greatest Alkan players on the stage today. @@OrangeSodaKing
Thanks for doing this Vincenzo, you are one of the great Alkanists of our day. I elaborated in my review of your etudes cd on Amazon. As a pupil of Raymond Lewenthal I always appreciate people such as yourself who can actually play the pieces. Only then can we try to build a tradition of "how" to play them, and you will loom large in that effort.
Nice performance. I've always viewed this piece as more sad than humorous, though I understand it can easily be perceived as having a tongue-in-cheekness to it. Neverthess, I cannot help but sense that Alkan must have felt deep remorse at the loss of his parrot. This piece consoled me when I lost my cat some eight years ago. A lot of genuine pathos is evident in the music. A deeply moving work, actually.
The words translate to something like:
"Have you had lunch Jaco?
And of what?"
Alkan is truly a genius.
Never Never Never Never Ever did I think I would get to view performance of this :)
Victor Lloyd Victor Lloyd That recording is annoying with so much noise and movement. The oboe players are not as well or in sync as here. I would still view that one despite the oboe players if there were an absence paper and feet shuffling. The performance here has more heart, too.
Victor Lloyd ..... never did I ever think I would get to view a GOOD performance of this piece.
Watched 4 times already :) Everyones performance here has done Jaco justice.
When I listen to this piece, I can't help but think about the Seinfeld episode when Kramer inadvertently kills his neighbor's parrot. Very well done!
Bryan Ho LOL!!!
Well done! What a great group of friends to have!
Thank you, and yes, they are fantastic!
Fantastic job! The only performance I've ever heard is the one conducted by Lewenthal, and I'm glad your take is your own unique view. How delightful :)
This is superb! Great job all round, I am almost lost for words of admiration!
Thank you, my friend! More Alkan vocal works to come in March!!
What fun!! Thanks so much for doing this. And thanks to all nine of you. I certainly hope you post the link to this on the Alkan Society site under member's news.
Thank you Victor. They actually did post the video on their site, as well as their Facebook page!
Epic
My mother was a terrible cook. We had a parrot who would sit on the fridge while she made dinner. Poor Birdie died one night after my mom burnt the veggies. He choked on artichoke smoke, no joke.
More likely toxins released from Teflon that are very lethal to parrot.
To think it was composed in 1859 and not sixty years later.
Was it a Norwegian Blue?
Two my parrots died in boiled water. terrible. and two my cats falled down from 8th floor and also died.
Are you from Russia?
@@SamuraiSx19 yeapp
I'm guessing the cats landed on their feet nonetheless.
@@aprobstayahoo well 8th floor is much, 2 of my cats did fall but from the 3rd floor, they were injured but they didn't die, but from the 8th floor, it's more likely that they died